Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
| Object no. | S02613 |
| Description of the seal image | A seemingly beardless hero wearing Persian clothing (court robe) grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. Facing them is a rampant lion-dragon. Between the two hybrid creatures is a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: seemingly beardless, wearing Persian clothing (court robe), holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-faced winged wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - lion-dragon: rampant, horned, lion's tail |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Ugo Sissa Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges; chip distorts the right foreleg of the lion-dragon |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | Ugo Sissa Collection |
| First occurence | before 1959 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Douglas van Buren 1959, 27 no. 121 and pl. VIII. Douglas van Buren, E.: Catalogue of the Ugo Sissa Collection of Stamp and Cylinder Seals of Mesopotamia. Rome, 1959. |
| Object history | The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai |